Effects of supplemental feeding on White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, migration and survival in Northern Wisconsin

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Lewis, Timothy L ^a,b   Rongstad, Orrin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Migration; Odocoileus virginianus; Supplemental feeding; White tailed Deer; Winter survival; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

DEER; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; MIGRATION; SURVIVAL;

USA, WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031597643     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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